RCE
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Relief - ensure we are leaving specific lessons that link to the current topic and enough to cover 90mins - I feel confident that I leave appropriate tasks for relievers and never leave a note saying 'the students know what we are currently doing' - cracks me up , because the students would always claim they know nothing and try to get away with doing zilch!
SMA
Shared work that his students have done. Encouraging us to incorporate more hands on tasks such as crafty ones that involve the students researching and making specific landmarks or natural features. SMA called it Master Builders and had the HOF judge the students work based on pre-constructed criteria - including the history and it's significance to the local culture.
SMA has also introduced a Board Game assessment. Students created a Snakes and Ladders game that again had specific information relating to the current topic - questions were asked about countries and their capitals. Students conducted research, made their board and tested one another through play.
MVB
Gamification - learning through gaming. MVB has been studying through Mind Lab .
Students used the game Mindcraft to build specific natural features or landmarks from their chosen country. There were some technical issues. However, what the students had created was awesome! Their were some that had no previous experience with the game and struggled somewhat - however they persisted and really enjoyed the task.
Videos of the construction process were taken to assess their knowledge.
Another media-based tool for show casing learning was Stop Motion app. This was a great way to engage a range of learners - creating short videos about their chosen country and/or how landmarks were made.
